Due to the interconnectedness of aquatic ecosystems through the highly effective marine
and atmospheric transport routes, all aquatic ecosystems are potentially vulnerable to …

Cancer, a disease due to uncontrolled cell proliferation is as ancient as multicellular
organisms. A 255-million-years-old fossilized forerunner mammal gorgonopsian is probably …

The application of evolutionary and ecological principles to cancer prevention and
treatment, as well as recognizing cancer as a selection force in nature, has gained impetus …

Reproduction is a central activity for all living organisms but is also associated with a
diversity of costs that are detrimental for survival. Until recently, the cost of cancer as a …

Wildlife is increasingly exposed to sublethal transient cancer risk factors, including
mutagenic substances, which activates their anti-cancer defences, promotes …

Several cancer risk factors (exposure to ultraviolet-B, pollution, toxins and pathogens) have
been identified for wildlife, to form a “cancer risk landscape.” However, information remains …

Infectious diseases, including transmissible cancers, can have a broad range of impacts on
host behaviour, particularly in the latter stages of disease progression. However, the …

While it is often assumed that oncogenic processes in metazoans can influence species
interactions, empirical evidence is lacking. Here, we use the cnidarian Hydra oligactis to …

Hydras are freshwater cnidarians widely used as a biological model to study different
questions such as senescence or phenotypic plasticity but also tumoral development. The …

Fibropapillomatosis (FP) is a tumor‐forming disease which affects all species of marine
turtle, but predominantly the green turtle (Chelonia mydas). Expression of this disease is …